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New England's, Electric Rate Increases
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Nov 25 2014 12:50 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
National Grid, one of Massachusetts’ 2 dominant utilities, announced,
. . . 37% rate increases over last year.
Other utilities in the region are expected to follow suit.
New England has seen power plant closer's within the past year:
. . . Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem, Massachusetts, and
. . . Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.
Two Stanford Ph.Ds., spent 4 years trying to prove renewables can, ultimately,
. . . replace fossil fuels, in the frigid Northeast winters.
. . . have had to admit defeat:
. . . “Renewable energy technologies simply won’t work;
. . . . . . we need a fundamentally different approach.”
Remember last winter’s polar vortex,
. . . when freezing weather crippled the Northeast for days, and
. . . put a tremendous strain on the electric supply?
‘We were one power plant away from,
. . . a blackout in the east all winter long,
. . . we were using so much electricity.
89% of its coal plants, now slated for retirement,
. . . ran at capacity just to meet the peak demand.
“New England is in the midst of an energy crisis,
. . . residents and businesses are facing a future that may include,
. . . ‘rolling blackouts’ on days when usage is highest.”
11-24-2014 Source: New England's, Electric rate increases
. . . 37% rate increases over last year.
Other utilities in the region are expected to follow suit.
New England has seen power plant closer's within the past year:
. . . Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem, Massachusetts, and
. . . Vermont Yankee nuclear plant.
Two Stanford Ph.Ds., spent 4 years trying to prove renewables can, ultimately,
. . . replace fossil fuels, in the frigid Northeast winters.
. . . have had to admit defeat:
. . . “Renewable energy technologies simply won’t work;
. . . . . . we need a fundamentally different approach.”
Remember last winter’s polar vortex,
. . . when freezing weather crippled the Northeast for days, and
. . . put a tremendous strain on the electric supply?
‘We were one power plant away from,
. . . a blackout in the east all winter long,
. . . we were using so much electricity.
89% of its coal plants, now slated for retirement,
. . . ran at capacity just to meet the peak demand.
“New England is in the midst of an energy crisis,
. . . residents and businesses are facing a future that may include,
. . . ‘rolling blackouts’ on days when usage is highest.”
11-24-2014 Source: New England's, Electric rate increases